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Robyn Cahill | |
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 Cahill in 2025 | |
| Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for Port Darwin | |
| Assumed office 24 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Kirby |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Country Liberal Party |
Robyn Cahill is an Australian politician from the Country Liberal Party.
Biography
[edit]Cahill was an unsuccessful candidate for the CLP in the 2001 Northern Territory general election in Wanguri. Cahill is a former director of the Australian Medical Association. She is also the director of the Darwin Private Hospital and the GP superclinic, and chairs the NT Cancer Council. In the 2023 King's Birthday Honours she was awarded Medal of the Order of Australia for service to community health.[1] In the 2024 Northern Territory general election, she was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for Port Darwin.[2] On 9 September 2024, she was appointed to the Finocchiaro ministry as a government minister.[3] In July 2026, Cahill made the scientifically false claim that rainfall in the Northern Territory could alter the Earth's axis and polarity, as an argument in favour of allowing data centers to use aquifer water.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "King's Birthday in Australia". gg.gov.au. Governor General of Australia. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ↑ "Port Darwin (Key Seat) - NT Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 2024-08-24. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ↑ "'Better NT for everyone': leader unveils first cabinet". Yahoo News. 2024-09-09. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ↑ Lu, Donna; editor, Donna Lu Assistant; climate; environment; science (2026-07-23). "Politician's claim Earth's magnetic poles could flip if NT doesn't use more groundwater criticised by experts". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
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